Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-24
MIGHTY MEN OF WAR
Queen Victoria's Jubilee Review Of Her
Navy in the Channel.
A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.
Loud Cannons Roar and Lusty Tars Cheer
Her Majesty's Arrival.
OVER 100 SHIPS IN LINE.
Thousands Of Small Graft Present at the
Gigantic Marine Picnic.
BRlTTANlA RULES THE WAVES.
Scenes and Incidents of the Day as
Noted From Three of the
Mighty Ships OF the
Royal Squadron.
eRiTTANlA RULES THE WAVES.
The Great Naval lSeview.


PORTSMOUTH, July 23.-l New York Herald
Cable-Special to the BEE. The naval re-
view came off this afternoon. 1t was splen-
did success The weather was beautiful,
clear sky, calm sea and the wind light and
from the southeast, enough of 1t to lift the
smoke from the thousands of steam crafts
that dotted the bay for ten miles in every di-
rectiOn. The queen was three-Quarters of an
hour behind time, and at q quarter to 4, in
stead of as arranged. the Victoria and Al
bert, with the royal ensign at the mainmast,
steamed slowly out across the bay AS the
queens yacht came in sight, the yards were
manned and each Of the 12S ships of the
Spithead fleet fired salute of twenty one
guns. The result of the tremendous cannon
aiding is Imaginable. All the ships were in
position exactly as arranged in the official
programme, and your correspondents were
on board ii. NJ. s. Vaarous and on ii. NJ s,
Enchantress with the board of admralty,and
on IL. M. :. Crocodile, with members of the
house of commons.
AS SEEN FROM THE CROCODILE.
On BOARD Ii. NJ. $. CRoCoDII.E.-The
sight from the Crocodile was splendid. The
members Of parliament and their wives, fam
ilies and country cousins filled the vast troop
ship to overlooking. As we passed the Shan
non several members, including Mr.. o Kelly,
pointed out the ship as the one that ordered
the Fenian flag to be torn down from the
yacht some weeks ago off the Irish coast, and
the owner has now brought action for el 900
against the captain. We gave tremendous
cheers for the queen as the royal yacht passed
us. We afterwards fell in line just behind
the Euphrates and got back to Portsmouth at
II, right after glorious dinner on board, at
which, however, there were no speeches. The
entire coast line for twenty miles on each
side Of Portsmouth was lined by hundreds of
thousands of spectators standing on tip toe to
try to catch a glimpse of the royal yacht.
Even bathing machines were let for ten shill-
ings piece.
ON BOARD the ENCuANTREss.
On BOARD ii. NJ. S. ENCHANTREss.-I
have just returned to Portsmouth and 1t is
nearly midnight The board of admiralty
were much pleased with the splendid success
of the day. The naval review can give no
idea of the real lighting strength of the fleet
The enormous troops ships were certain ly
the most imposing part of the show. The
COllingwood, for instance, with her enor-
nous steel guns, looks magnificent besides
ono Of these great, white gossamer like
troops,a and yet the Collingwood could destroy
half the fleet that was reviewed TO- day by us.
These vast mastodons of the sea are all un-
der water and make very little better show
than the torpedo iiotillas that skip and Suulrm
about like microbes Of the ocean. The board
Of admiralty talked great deal during the
review about the proposed CarrOw ironcad
and the possible introduction of the Carrow
type into the British navy The plans Of
the Barrow battle ship have been made the
subject of special study at the admiralty.
One OF the most distinguished members of
the admiralty told me II the CollingwoOd
were at any point between Coney Island and
Fort Lafayette, she could, In case OF war,
destroy the entire city OF New York In less
than two hours.
on BOARD THE vALoRoUs..
On EoAED THE VALoIoUs We came
promptly in position at 2 p. 10. was q
glorious sight TO see the Victoria and Albert,
with the high royal ensis. at he mainmast
come steaming slowly through the fleet. l,
was complete representation of the British
nation. First OF all came the Sovereign
then the Osborne, with the prince ant
princess OF Wales on board then the Alberta
with other members of the royal family; ther
the enormous troop ship Euphrates, with the
cabinet and house of lords, followed by thu
Crocodile, with the house Of commons, ant
the helcon with the diploma tic corps.
noticed only four vessels in position
In tho space marked out for foreign
mcn-of-war. First of all on the por
side was the Alva, with the stars and stripe
waving from the stern and the red ensign o
England from her mainmast Next tn
Alva was large French cavette, then a lii
tic French dispatch boat, and then German
steel cruiser. On the Isle of Wight side o
ns were over 800 yachts of all kinds and de
scrlptions. Among them noticed the star
and stripes flying from the schOOners Fol
tuna, with Henry Hovey, Charles Longfel
low. George and Walter Dabney on board
and from tho Dauntless with company r an
party of friends from London on board. Il
front OF the Fortuna l noticed the famou
racing cutters Trek, Genesta and Sleutt
hound. The sight in the evening as til
queens yacht steamed homeward was mos
impressive. At just sunset the crescen
moon and star just became visible, lookin
like a Turkish flag. Then came a tremeI
dous royal salute. the flash of each gun fire
bursting out with dazzling brilliancy. TIL
Nalorous unloaded all at Portsmouth, at
I'clock.
ON THE QUEENS YACHT.
Cows, July 23-New York Hera
Ceoie-Speclal to the BEE.-l am enable
to telegraph you the following narrative G
the naval review communicated to me by
parsonage who accompanied her majesty o
the roya! yacht Victoria and Albert, an
who during the entire day, stood within
fewyards OF the queen. AT twenty minute
to four she steamed out Of CoweS harbor, an
as she drew near the fleet we Stacked spec
10 about four knots an hour The quee
wore black silk dress and black bonnie
With white lace frllls. She looked in splel
did health huf mlIuh sunhurnf III,
majesty, when the. fleet thundcred for Il
royal salute, mounted the bridge and with
long, alumn!um iied glass, closely e.
smined tho, nearest iron clads al
torpedo beats. just before the roy